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• Gunite
  Gunite

  noun

  a mixture of cement, sand or crushed slag, and water, sprayed over reinforcement as a lightweight concrete construction.
• gunite
  gunite

  noun

  civil engineering a cement-sand mortar that is sprayed onto formwork, walls, or rock by a compressed air ejector giving a very dense strong concrete layer: used to repair reinforced concrete, to line tunnel walls or mine airways, etc

Gunite

American  

[guhn-ahyt] / ˈgʌn aɪt /

Or gunite

noun

1. a mixture of cement, sand or crushed slag, and water, sprayed over reinforcement as a lightweight concrete construction.

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gunite British  

/ ˈɡʌnˌaɪt /

noun

1. civil engineering a cement-sand mortar that is sprayed onto formwork, walls, or rock by a compressed air ejector giving a very dense strong concrete layer: used to repair reinforced concrete, to line tunnel walls or mine airways, etc

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Etymology

Origin of Gunite

First recorded in 1910–15; formerly trademark

Example Sentences

Last fall, Comcast made a run for the same properties with a plan to unite NBCUniversal with Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

When a lady’s maid and a houseguest’s valet fall for each other, they form a plan to unite their incompatible employers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Fashion for Relief was set up with the aim to unite the fashion industry to relieve poverty and advance health and education, by making grants to other organisations and giving resources towards global disasters.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Time and again, Iranian team officials have said they want football to unite people.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Lately, I have begun to wonder how the famEy wiE gather even three times a year when she is not there with her phone to unite us.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez